At 5 895m, Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, and the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Kili is located close to the Equator; which means you can hike more than 60km, gain 4 000m in altitude, and traverse rain forest, moorland, alpine desert, snow fields and ice cliffs, all in less than seven days. It’s a technical climb, but approximately 30 000 hikers attempt to summit Kilimanjaro each year.
To date, fewer than 60 bikers have managed to stand on the roof of Africa with their mountain bikes. Of these, fewer than 15 made it to the summit unassisted.
“Fewer than 60 bikers have managed to stand on the roof of Africa with their mountain bikes.” Meaning that from start to top, those few mountain bikers cycled,…